Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Victor Lindelof showed leadership qualities against Barcelona yesternight that has shown his improvements since he became manager.
In the first leg against PSG, United conceeded an early goal against PSG and were 2-0 down almost immediately and in search of a miraculous comeback in France to qualify.
But as soon as VAR was brought in to decide Luke Shaw’s disallowed own goal would stand, Lindelof galvanized his team-mates to focus and withstand further damage during the clash.
Ole said, “After they scored, we settled down,”
“I thought Scott [McTominay], Fred and Paul [Pogba] did that for us. You see the way Victor, as well, brings everyone together when they score.
”Of course, we remember the PSG game and, for 10 minutes after we conceded the first goal at home, we were all over the place. This time, that didn’t happen. We got together as a group and it gives me a clear indication that we are learning and we are improving.“
“I think they [Barcelona] will be wary,”
“Today, as well, it showed that we did put some pressure on them at times and got wide with loads of crosses into the box. We just couldn’t fill that box enough.
”We have to take more chances and release Paul or Scott or whoever from midfield to help the strikers try to score goals. But we’ve scored goals at the Nou Camp before from corners and crosses!“
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